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Hyperlipidaemia in Dogs and Cats
Hyperlipidaemia is a metabolic disorder in which blood fats such as cholesterol and triglycerides rise above normal. It often accompanies hypothyroidism, diabetes or obesity, and is managed by correcting the underlying disease and feeding a low-fat diet.
Iodine Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Iodine metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include iodine deficiency, goiter, lethargy, and in severe cases cretinism or myxedema with dry skin, and iodine excess, causing vomiting, spasms, and suppressed thyroid function. They are managed by balancing dietary iodine.
Zinc Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Zinc metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include zinc deficiency, stunted growth, diarrhea, and a crusting dermatitis around the eyes, mouth, and genitals, and zinc excess, causing lethargy, vomiting, and gut inflammation. Deficiency is corrected with dietary zinc and a balanced ration.
Iron Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Iron metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include iron deficiency, microcytic hypochromic anemia with weakness and poor endurance, and iron overload from excess intake or poisoning, causing gut signs and acidosis. Deficiency is corrected with dietary iron and treatment of blood loss or parasites.
Magnesium Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Magnesium disorders in dogs and cats include deficiency, causing stunted growth, hyperexcitability, and convulsions, and excess, usually from over-supplementation, causing vomiting, diarrhea, and in cats urinary tract signs. They are managed by correcting dietary magnesium and treating the underlying cause.
Postpartum Eclampsia (Puerperal Tetany) in Dogs and Cats
Postpartum eclampsia (puerperal tetany) in dogs and cats is an acute low-blood-calcium crisis in nursing mothers, usually 2 to 4 weeks after whelping, causing restlessness, stiffness, and violent seizures that can be fatal without prompt calcium treatment. It is an emergency requiring immediate veterinary care.
Osteomalacia in Dogs and Cats
Osteomalacia in adult dogs and cats is bone softening from calcium or vitamin D imbalance, causing stiffness, lameness, joint swelling, and easy fractures. It is managed by correcting calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D and treating underlying gut or parasite disease.
Rickets in Dogs and Cats
Rickets in dogs and cats is a growing-animal bone disease from vitamin D, calcium, or phosphorus deficiency, producing soft, deformed bones, lameness, and dental problems. It is prevented and treated with corrected diet, sunlight, and veterinary-directed calcium and vitamin D.
Niacin (Vitamin B3) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Niacin (vitamin B3) deficiency in dogs and cats causes pellagra-like signs, oral and esophageal ulcers, black tongue in dogs, diarrhea, anemia, and symmetric dermatitis. It follows corn-heavy diets low in tryptophan, and is corrected with dietary niacin.
Folate (Folic Acid) Deficiency in Dogs and Cats
Folate deficiency in dogs and cats impairs nucleic acid synthesis, causing megaloblastic anemia, poor appetite, diarrhea, and skin or mouth inflammation. It arises from low-protein or overcooked diets, gut disease, or high demand in pregnancy, and is corrected with folate and good nutrition.